Dear Sean Connery, A.K.A. Dr. Henry Jones
bq. I thought long and hard about it and if anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film. [...] But in the end, retirement is just too damned much fun.
The above is a quote from Sean Connery on the participation as Dr. Henry Jones in the upcoming Indiana Jones 4. Source.
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